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News & Herald Volume 6 Number

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

2

•

September

13,

1996

Mass at Carowinds Paladium on September 8. "In his homily, Bishop William G. Curlin reminded youth from the Savannah and the archdiocese of Atlanta, "Never forget that Jesus is alive in our world. He's alive in you; and as long as God is

Tri-State Rally participants joined for the closing

dioceses living in

of Charleston, Charlotte,

you,

it's

going to be a great world."

Tri-State

Youth Rally

Bishop Dedicates Chapel At Maryfield Nursing Home

Cranks Up The Faith

By JOANN

KEANE

Associate Editor

LAKE WYLIE, many have been

S.C.

the rhythm.

— "How

you are the future of the church?" Hundreds of youthful hands shoot skyward in response to Anna Scally's question. Wrong, she says. "You are the church today, and we are counting on you."

With that in mind, 1,200 of today's church kicked off the Tri-State Youth told

Rally. Sponsored by the office of youth

As

a video

they scatter to form

new

friendships.

ministry, teens from the dioceses of

For the next two hours, chart-topping tunes reverberate across Lake

Charleston, Charlotte, Savannah, and the

Wylie.

archdiocese of Atlanta, jump-started their weekend with a dance hosted by Scally, a disc jockey and producer for Cornerstone Media's Burning Issues, an audio program focusing on current youth

Scally hits the kids where they live:

music. She gains their trust with a key-

note that weaves elements of faith through a music needle. As soft refrains permeate the evening air, she calls teens

issues.

Dozens of teens begin

to

move

inside

to

See

Rally,

page 9

Piccolo

Scholarship

In

Awarded News

3

By

camera projects

dancers onto a wide-screen TV, more and more join in until the grounds of Camp Thunderbird resemble a toneddown version of The Grind (a 90s rendition of American Bandstand).

Don't just stay with your parish group, urges Scally. You need to meet 100 people tonight. As the music pumps to levels guaranteed to please the teens,

10-11

Briefs

Parish Profile

12

MIKE KROKOS Editor

HIGH POINT pride in saying he

Catholic

— Frank Deal is

takes

a convert to the*

many

"This chapel

is

we may come and

faith.

Like

monstrance is such a consolation; it is such a manifestation of His immense love for us," Deal said.

other converts, the pa-

being dedicated that

see the Lord.

joys sharing because "it is a way for expressing our thanks to God for bringing us here."

but

Deal, who became a Catholic nearly 50 years ago, continues to develop

in

rishioner at Christ the

King Church en-

a closer relationship with the Lord.

He

was among the 300 people who filled the main ecumenical chapel at Maryfield Nursing Home Sept. 8 for a Mass celebrated by Bishop William G. Curlin dedicating the new Blessed Sacrament Adoration Chapel.

In the devotion, the consecrated Eucharist remains exposed on the altar in the monstrance for veneration by the faithful in the chapel, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Adorers commit to a specific day and time to ensure that our Eucharistic Lord is never left alone.

People use the time they commit for prayer and reflection.

Deal said Perpetual Adoration provides a "bottomless well of grace."

"To go

into the chapel, to kneel,

we are also challenged to find Christ our lives and the lives of those around

us."

The sisters of the Poor Servants of Mother of God, who operate the nursing home, established Perpetual Adora-

the

tion at Maryfield in June, 1994. Faithful

come from Greensboro, Kernersville, Thomasville and Winston-Salem. As part of the dedication ceremony, Bishop Curlin carried the monstrance in procession from the main chapel to the adoration chapel.

The

building of the Perpetual

ration chapel

was

Comuniquemonos Spanish

section

read, to look at our

Lord

in

the

Ado-

a yearlong project.

"This tremendous and most important undertaking has been a success because of the strong support that has been refinancially, and equally sigceived

—

nificantly, spiritually

and physically," Mother of God

said Poor Servants of the Sister

Lucy Hennessy.

say your rosary, say other prayers, to

Included: September edition of

We re-

worship and are renewed by His presence here," Bishop Curlin said. "We are comforted by the fact that in this special house of prayer we can find the Lord, flect,

See Chapel, page 2

:

2 The Catholic

News

& Herald

September

Parish Nurse

Is

Minister Of Health

Chapel, from page

"We

By PAUL FREDETTE Correspondent

Elementary School and

— "A

HENDERSONVILLE

par-

what?" Some parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church are still puzzled when Mary

Scillieri

introduces

The

herself as the parish nurse.

pastor,

Capuchin Father John Aurilia, admits the idea

is

new to him, too.

"I learned

as a nurse at

ing that

separate a person's

from their

way

It's

many

of our parishioners are older people."

body and emotions I was looking for

— and

to integrate this."

now

who so faith-

come

here to pray before the Blessed Sacrament. It is your devofully

tion to our Lord, fort

you expend

and to the extra in

ef-

coming out here

to adore him, that is the reason for

our celebration today," Sister Lucy added.

Bishop Curlin praised the work of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God and volunteers of Maryfield.

"I think your greatest work is your care for the aged and sick. Your ministry can be unbelievably difficult," he said.

tries

a blessing for our parish because so

You can't

are also grateful to the

strong corps of adorers,

occupies a small of-

volves a holistic approach to health.

—

spirit

Scillieri

fice

last year. It

University, noth-

currently serving the needs of the

homebound, those in hospitals and nursing homes and the recently bereaved, she

—

happening the corporal works of mercy. My job is to coordinate what's happening... to discover the needs of people here and conreports, "It's already

nect them with resources available in the Church or in the larger community."

Noting that more than 6j3 parishioners are currently in nursing homes and the list of homebound is seldom less than

1996

1

on the parish grounds and is deciding just how to best use the 20 hours per week for which she has been hired. On examining the variety of parish minis-

of this

was a shocking experience in the good sense of the word ministering to both the body and the soul. The parish nursing program inprogram only

Gannon

was taught that did not have some

element of spirituality about it.

a

Gannon

"When I was educated

University in Erie.

ish

later at

13,

"Perhaps the single greatest thing that you have done in your ministry

is to

enthrone Jesus in our

midst," the bishop added.

source from

whom

"He

is

the

grace and

strength for ministry flow. Sisters,

I

thank you on behalf of the diocese for visibly reminding us that Jesus is the center of our lives."

30, she sees herself in the role of liaison

and advocate as well as nurse; an expansion that might be better termed "minis-

to

Photos by MIKE

The faithful come from. High Point, Greensboro, Kernersville, Thomasville and Winston-Salem to take part in Perpetual

KROKOS

of health" than parish nurse.

ter

Even now Scillieri knows she wants at least part of the week across street at Immaculata School with the

Adoration at

spend

the

Maryfield.

children. Congregation of the Sisters of Photo by PAUL

FREDETTE

Mary Scillieri charts the growth of a student at Immaculata School.

Mary

Scillieri recalls her first

thoughts upon learning of the position.

"A

parish nurse

—

that's

new?" Further thought, she

something

says, led her

to realize that while this particular posi-

made

possible by Park Ridge Hoswith a grant from Duke University very recent, the inspiration is actually

tion

pital is

quite old.

"The Church has always ministered to the sick," she says. Scillieri situates

her role as a nurse Jesus'

own

at the

very heart of

"The Church has healing and holistic

ministry.

been involved in growth since the moment Jesus said to one man who could not walk, 'Your sins

Holy Cross

Sister Judith

McKenna, prin-

has already indicated to Scillieri that, although first-aid is routinely cipal,

handled by teachers who are also nurses, and vaccinations administered by county nurses, there is plenty of health-related screening and education to be done.

The variety in Scillieri' s nursing background is already extensive. Her experiences in medical, surgical, childbirth education, involvement with hospice and work with victims of alcohol and chemical dependency have equipped her with a considerable range of skills.

This will prove an even greater asset as she responds to a diversity of needs in the faith

community.

"I

was

Bishop Curlin kneels in prayer after dedicating the

Blessed Sacrament Adoration Chapel at Maryfield Nursing

Home.

a generalist

PUT YOUR GIFTS

age of specialists," says Scillieri, adding with a smile, "and it has brought in the

me

|leaMngs lax

to parish nursing."

are forgiven,' while to another he said,

the

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'Get up and walk.'" In her view, the fact

Greatest in the

always addressed the whole person illuminates the basic character of nursing as ministry over the centuries.

Today, health care systems are often criticized for having grown too complex and depersonalized in the past 50

that Jesus

Sunday:

Kingdom

tals

Sirach 27: 30 - 28: 7 Romans 14: 7-9

Matthew

Consider

18: 21-35

Monday:

1

Corinthians 17-26, 33 Luke 7: 1-10

11

Tuesday:

1

Corinthians 12-14, 27-31

1 2:

years. Scillieri believes that, as hospi-

PRIESTHOOD in

work to become more decentralized,

health care providers will find the

Church

as a natural

environment for

Luke

bringing services into local communities.

"The Church has always affirmed the

Wednesday:

faith-health connection," she told the

assembled congregation at Mass. "Our spirituality corresponds with our overall health. As our heart and spirit goes, so our body will go as well."

A native of Erie, Pa., Scillieri

worked as a psychiatric nurse in Flagstaff, Ariz., for more than three years before coming to North Carolina. She credits her commitment to affirming the Church's role in healing to her Catholic upbringing and education at Villa Maria

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The Diocese

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Corinthians 12: 31

-

13 Luke 7: 31-35 13:

The

disciples asked Jesus,

greatest in the

"Who is

the

kingdom of heaven?" He

called a child over, placed

midst, and said,

it

in their

"Amen, I say

Thursday:

Friday:

heaven. Whoever

humbles himself this child

is

Corinthians 15: 1-11

1

7:

Corinthians 14:

the great-

kingdom of heaven." Matthew

Saturday: ©1996 CNS

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of Charlotte

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like

est in the

18:1-4

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to you,

unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of

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Ephesians

4: 1-7,

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The Catholic News

1996

13,

Scholarship Catholic

Campus

honoring the

life

Ministry

of

By JIMMY

UNCC

A Testimonial

and the Foundation make a presentation student Kim Piccolo.

ROSTAR

dered in her apartment. Her parents, Bonnie and John Piccolo, are former parishioners of St. Matthew Church in

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

Of Students'

- More than

eight

The endowment has been

Hutchison's first effort to establish an Endowed Catholic Scholarship Fund for Catholic students attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Some $10,000 later, the Catholic Campus Ministry chaplain, along with Diocese of Charlotte Foundation Executive Director Jim Kelley,

one of the first four endowments and the first scholarship set up by the Foundation, and

—

—

...

first

grant

've

been

systems, received the scholarship during

well as the contributions of individuals

Center

and organizations. The Foundation currently comprises 24 endowments, with

come earned

The $600 scholarship

is

directed at

Soderholm finishes her year of school. With it, she and fu-

tuition costs as final

diocese."

entire project."

traits as

faith.

ture recipients will receive funds to ease

Kim

—

same personality same goodness and

the

that

Presenting the scholarship to her it

was

in the spirit of the

In that endowed scholarships rely on consistent contributions to grow, Neff-Hutchison and Kelley remind

people that the scholarship fund is always open to expansion. To make tax-

we've

that

as

assets totaling $2.56 million.

"I'm honored and touched to have been chosen," said Soderholm, a parishioner of St. Thomas Aquinas Church. "It makes me feel very humble."

The scholarship honors the life of Kim Piccolo, a UNCC business major and a member of the Catholic Campus Ministry who in January 1989 was mur-

just felt as if

is

NeffHutchison, "is

life.

someone with

hope to continue providing such distributions throughout the

added

Kim's

we wanted

and we wanted Catholic loyalty to campus ministry," she said.

"Cynthia met that criteria, and she also

portant thing,"

by 74 percent

a financial need,

scholarship,

"The im-

able to give honor to

thanks to both in-

—

her as a caring person of faith like Kim Piccolo herself. "We

wanted

— we

Soderholm, a senior double-majoring in accounting and management information

13.

tified

marks the

we've reached our

goal

Chi Rho, Soderholm took on leader-

ship responsibilities which further iden-

much

As the Foundation continues to grow, we

has since grown

a presentation at the Catholic

as

endowment made from the

than a parish or school or other entity.

presented Cynthia Soderholm the Kim Endowed Scholarship.

Piccolo

Aug.

Catholic

Kelley. "This particular

was

It

Leadership

way through school, and as a member of Campus Ministry, better known

to

in place

within the diocese since July 1994.

UNCC

— continue

grow over time.

"The purpose of the endowments is not only to provide money, but to provide a means of changing lives," said

Foundation to help an individual, rather

Charlotte.

years have passed since Barbara Neff-

thereby, the scholarships

Faith,

& Herald 3

we've been able to reached our goal give honor to Kim's life."

Neff-Hutchison, who worked with parochial vicar Franciscan Father Tom Crangle of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in deciding on a recipient, said Soderholm was the obvious choice. The determined 21 -year-old has worked her

deductible contributions to this rial

memo-

celebrating the life of a faithful

make checks payable to The Kim Piccolo Endowed Scholarship Fund and send them to Jim Kelley, Executive Director of the Foun-

Catholic and student,

dation, 1524 East

Morehead

Street,

Charlotte, N.C. 28207.

burden during college Both Kelley and Neff-Hutchison and hope to see the endowment

their financial years.

—

His Excellency,

The Most Reverend William G. Curlin, is pleased to announce the following appointments Effective

in

the Diocese of Charlotte:

September

8,

1996

Reverend Francis X. Reese, S.J. Has been granted Sabbatical leave

September 6, 1996 Reverend Edward Ifkovits, S.J. Pastor, St. Andrew the Apostle and Effective

Sacred Heart Parishes

Photo by

UNCC

JOANN KEANE

senior Cynthia Soderholm receives the Kim Piccolo Endowed Scholarship the Catholic Center chapel. Pictured left to right are: Jim Kelley, executive director of the Foundation; Barbara Neff-Hutchison, UNCC campus minister; Soderholm; and Father Tom Crangle, parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. in

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Remember

Thomas Williamson

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Sunday 8, 9:30, 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m.

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following statement included in your Will:

"/ leave to the

Charlotte (or

Weekday Masses: Monday-Friday

7:30 a.m., 12:10*p.m.

Saturday: Rosary 8:45 a.m.; Mass 9 a.m.;

Confession: Saturday

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sum of$

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For more information on

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make

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a Will that works, contact

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September

13,

1996

The Pope Speaks

(Pro-Life Corner

Pope John Paul II

Mary Embraced Role Of Servant To Which God Calls All, Says Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here of Pope John Paul II' s remarks weekly general audience Sept. 4. text

Write or call your legislators in Washington regarding the veto override on partial-birth abortion. The vote is scheduled to occur in September. Let them know you view this

procedure

Dear brothers and

sion to

The Honorable The Honorable U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510

Washington, D.C. 20515

God and

The

9(esvect Life Office

of Charlotte

'Diocese

piscopal Calendar Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events:

she shows her complete willingness to be handmaid of the Lord." In fact, her words anticipate those of Christ himself, who declared: "The Son "the

am

(cf. is

a

marvelous correlation between Mother and Son in their interior disposition to serve and to give themselves totally to God's will. Indeed, it is as Christ himself said: "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work" (Jn 4:34). In total and loving obedience to the divine will, Mary had an intimate share in her Son's passion and death, so much so that "a sword pierced her own soul also" (cf. Lk 2:35).

I extend a special greeting to the representatives of the Department of Religious Affairs of the government of Thailand: I hope that your visit to Rome will give you a renewed appreciation of the church's mis-

Sweden, Thailand, Japan and the United States, I invoke the peace and grace of Jesus Christ, our lord and

Diocesan Educational Retreat Charlotte Catholic High School 11:30

be served, but to serve."

Thus, from the outset, there to

sion at the service of the human family. Upon all the English-speaking visitors, especially the groups from

September 20 10

an act of free submis-

will. In this,

Man has come not Mt 20:28; Mk 10:45).

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of Switchboard numbers: House: 202-225-3121 Senate 202-224-3121

is the Vatican English at his

sisters,

Our catechesis today

to the angel at the Annunciation,

as infanticide!

in

savior.

am

5 p.m.

Pope, Church Leaders Condemn In Poland's Abortion Law WARSAW, Poland (CNS) Pope John Paul II and Polish church leaders have condemned a vote by

Holy Angels Church

Parliament to permit more legal abortions. "Parliamen-

Mass with diocesan support staff

Change September 21

—

tarians elected to de-

fend society and safeguard human life have declared themselves in favor of the death of innocent, helpless people," said Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek, secretary-general of the Polish bishops' conference. "It is horrifying that someone can coldbloodedly calculate the death of another," he said.

At the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo Sept.

1, Pope John Paul told Polish pilgrims: "I am filled with sadness by the fact that in our homeland, which suffered so much during the Second World War, the drama of the death of thousands of innocent and defenseless human beings continues."

Pope Visits Ancient Monastery, Meets With Elderly In Hungary

PANNONHALMA,

Hungary (CNS)

— Pope

John Paul II visited an ancient, mountaintop monastery in Hungary, meeting with some ill and elderly people under care there. Upon his arrival in Budapest on the morning of Sept. 6 and throughout. the day, he spread an unceasing message of hope. Speaking often in Hungarian, he encouraged the victims of unexpected economic hardship and other disappointments in postCold War Hungary not to abandon faith. And he underscored the importance of this message in personal encounters along the way. Whether from emotion or the fresh mountain air on a crystalline day, the color rose in the pope's cheeks as he greeted a receiving line of religious who worked in the 1,000-year-old Benedictine monastery at Pannonhalma. Glancing at the identification tags

hung about

their

necks for the

occasion, he took trouble to pronounce

names, to the delight of the people

some

first

filing by.

75th anniversary celebration

Mount Airy

Letters September 22 11

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Confirmation St. John Lee Korean Catholic Center, Charlotte

Partial-Birth Abortion Is

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Wrong

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The Catholic News

1996

One Candle

Light

1

Father Thomas McSweeney

Rosh Hashannah This

a sacred time for our Jew-

is

shame. As one rabbi puts it, "We admit where we have failed and where we have

for„some real connection to

and

to bring real blessings to those

with

whom we live and work every-

mark."

Here's a story Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell told in a Rosh Hashannah sermon.

It is the custom for Jewish children to

his past, to

hope

day.

At sundown on September 14, Jews all over the world will begin the observance of Rosh Hashannah, a two-day holiday that marks both the beginning of the new year (5757) and the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance. The ten days end with the obser-

hit the

vance of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Repentance, atonement, starting

special delight in creating

ish friends.

—

anew

all

people of faith can identify

with those needs.

Many rituals

associated with these

High Holy Days help Jews

to stay con-

nected with their families, culture and history as well as their faith.

On the first

day of Rosh Hashannah families gather at a body of flowing water for the Tashlich ("cast off) ceremony. They throw bread crumbs on the water while reciting Psalms and penitential prayers, a symbolic casting away of sins.

These Days of Awe, as they are also called, offer a time to review life, to acknowledge moments of both joy and

get

new

clothes for the

new

year's cel-

on the edge of a small town, a poor seamstress would take

ebration. Years ago,

new outfits out

of remnants left by her wealthier clients.

These were for the children in the local

orphanage.

In time the seamstress died and the orphanage closed down. Meanwhile the local synagogue grew. The congregation needed to raise money for expenses. So they asked a famous industrialist, who had spent his childhood in the orphanage, to worship with them for the High Holy Days. They hoped he would share the secret of his success. He accepted the invitation.

When

asked the key to his rags-to-

riches achievement, the executive spoke

of his loneliness as an orphan.

He longed

You and I can also take our places at the water's edge and as Rabbi Elwell said, "Cast out the

for the future.

He

told

how

he

had looked forward to the set of

new

crumbs of last year's deeds, the memories of wounds sustained and

clothes

he got every New Year. "But

remnants of conversa-

inflicted, the

for

me

the

new

clothes

held a special secret: each year, in one

tions that hurt instead of healed."

Because

it is

God who helps us dis-

of the pockets, was a small note... It assured me that I was not alone and that I would not spend all the days of my life

tinguish between what must be cast off

longing."

form acts of loving kindness. And it is God who reminds each of us, in the world of the Talmud, that when a per-

What was 'That

is

not what

written on the note? is

important," he said.

"Someone, and I never learned who, sent those messages just to me. And that made

and what must be cherished and preserved.

God who

It is

inspires us to per-

You see, this is not only a day of judgment and atonement, but a day of reconnection with one another through the small acts of kindness that make up

son saves a single soul, it's as if he or she had saved the whole world.

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lives. God expects us to understand the power of simple deeds

director of The Christophers.

all

the difference."

our everyday

Father Thomas

McSweeney

J.

is

Question Box Father John Dietzen

And Literalist Bible Interpretations Q. This is a follow-up question to your column of several weeks ago on lit-

Our response has been that this lit-

Literal

eral interpretation

is

the core of ourfaith

in

it

the

As a major Catholic document

mean-

this literal sense is the fruit

ing those words

puts

would have

of inspiration, the meaning intended

it,

not a matter about which we 're inclined to speculate or seek a rational

they were writ-

by God as principal author

eral interpretation of Scripture.

explanation.

ten today. His-

pretation of the Bible in the Church,"

You say the church documents have a problem with fundamentalist literal ways of understanding the Bible. But isn 't it rather selective in applying lit-

Can you help us over this seemingly uneven application of literal and nonliteral understandings of the Bible?

torical context,

Pontifical Biblical

changes

1993; section II-B).

eral

and

is

often speaks symbolically or metaphorically in the Bible, as in the story of Jonah

the large fish.

But he is puzzled then by our insistence on a literal interpretation of the words of transubstantiation spoken by Jesus at the Last Supper.

if

in lan-

to

what one means by

down

You may recall that, in the column which you refer, I distinguished between what are often called literal and understandings of Scripture.

Literalist interpretation

means

and understanding a passage simply word for word, generally seeing

translating

Commission

biblical scholarship today is to dis-

irrelevant.

"fundamentalist" approach

to the Bible that contrasts with the

literal.

to

literalist

It is this

("Inter-

Thus, a predominant purpose of

guage and so on are considered

A. The whole matter comes

non-literal solutions?

A Protestantfriend agrees that God

and

and

jor thrust of Catholic and

ma-

most other ex-

egesis today.

The literal sense of a Bible passage, on the other hand, is the meaning expressed directly by the inspired human authors, the meaning that the author of each passage intended when he wrote it.

cover that literal meaning with every available scientific and historical method.

If you think about what I've said, it is clear that the genuine literal sense of a passage may very well be the plain, self-evident meaning. It is not necessar-

See Dietzen, page 9

Family Matters Eileen

Letters Left Behind "Well here we are so wonderful!

My mind is filled with the

most vivid impressions them. miles

What away

mother discovered a copy of at last. It is all

— thousands of

before was thousands of

now

have must just say that the houses are knocked to pieces quite as effectively as the Sunday papers picture them. Once again, I beg you not to worry about me. Just reis

all

around

us.

not time to describe anything now.

I

I

member that I am enjoying life to the fullest. What may be hardships to others are to

me

just wonderfully interesting

experiences.

perhaps not right to write in such a light vein of such a terrible war, but I do find it wonderfully interesting and am having a bang-up good time and that is all there is to it."

It is

So ended a letter form Lieutenant Madison H. Lewis of New York, to his mother and father on April 20, 1918. My

this letter

while cleaning out our family's

summer.

attic this

My

mother's grandmother, was a first cousin and dear friend of Madison's mother, Hope

Jeanette Hansen,

Lewis. Hope typed copies of the letters she received from her son during World

War

I

and sent them to relatives who

were anxious

to receive

news of her 22-

Marx

privileged we were to hold in

our hands the very

letters that

were once in the rugged hands of Great-

grandf ather Carl as he wrote such tender words to

year-old soldier and son, serving in

"dearest

France.

we

My

mother also uncovered a box of love letters from her grandfather to her grandmother at the turn-of-the-century. The letters from my great-grandfather Carl were written to my great-grandmother during a challenging period early on in their marriage when they were separated because of his job in Montreal.

As my mother, my husband,

Joe,

and I read through these letters, we felt connected with a piece of our past. How

told

little

sweetheart" in 1899.

is

As

read my grandfather's words on the white parchment paper discussing his malaria, his anxiety

when the train didn't

me

that

I

must

really

start

com-

municating by e-mail. I'm told that it is quick, easy and in the words of one friend, "You hardly have to think what you're writing."

I understand how practical and effective e-mail is, both inside and outside of the workplace. But as email grows in popularity, it's important to celebrate the power and beauty of the hand- written word as well. We have a responsibility to use God's gift of technology in ways that educate and en-

bring a letter from his "sweet and pretty wife," we were touched beyond words.

lighten people. Ultimately,

There

important

is

not

what

is

most

how we communicate,

we communicate.

something absolutely revealing

but what

about a person writing during a time of uncertainty. A latter day reader not only

The

a profound role in our

gets a look back into time, but also a look

than half of the books in the

New Testa-

into the writer's soul.

ment are

one of the

is

art

of letter writing has played

own

letters. St. Paul,

I've thought about this recently as friends, editors

and acquaintances have

See Marx, page 12

faith.

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6 The Catholic

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September

Raleigh Diocese Dealing With The Aftermath Of Fran

Norma

C. Boyd, Mother Of Asheville Pastor, Passes Away ASHEVILLE — Norma Torp He described Mrs. Boyd a woman of as

MATT DOYLE

will

Boyd, 69, mother of Rev. C. Morris Boyd, pastor of St. Joan of Arc Church,

after

The power outage did present an

Hurricane Fran tore through eastern North Carolina, officials of the Diocese

opportunity to turn bad fortune into acts

died Aug. 28, after a brief illness.

Affectionately known as "mom" by most of her friends and acquaintances,

By:

systems because they are afraid

NC Catholic Staff RALEIGH

— Several days

it

happen again.

the storm. Initial reports

of charity. In Wilmington, Catholic Social Ministries (CSM) took advantage of a donation of cold cuts from The Sub-

say that church property suffered only

way Sandwich Shop and turned that meat

minor damage.

into

of Raleigh continued their assessment of

damage from

Fran came ashore near Wilmington in the evening hours of Sept. 5 and maintained hurricane-force winds as far as the

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, about 120 miles inland. Widespread power outages affecting more than one million people kept utility workers from across the country busy for several days.

Pam Denning, assistant director of Catholic Social Ministries in the diocese, says Catholic Charities

USA

has given

a $10,000 grant to the local office. That

money

be used for food and other

will

meals for people who were in need.

St. Mark Catholic Church in Wilmington put its new ice machine to good use. Parishioners gathered what was in the machine, bagged and turned it over to CSM for distribution.

That story was repeated many times in

out the region.

ways throughSupermarkets gave away different

meat supplies before they spoiled, rescue mission reported they had more food than they were equipped to handle and various agencies donated ice which had become as precious as gold as the power

One

of Denning' s specialties is dealing with disaster preparation and response. She says the emotional impact of the storm will linger for some time.

In conducting a critical stress de-

briefing session with several families in

Greenville, Denning said the expected

and anxieties surfaced. "For a

of people

lot

—

it is just that loss of control not knowing what has happened and what will happen.

"People worry about their families There is that long period of time that you can't get in touch with anybody. While your mind tells you everybody is probably okay you are

and

many

outages continued.

basic needs.

fears

1996

13,

their neighbors.

—

just so afraid."

There will be times when the threat of new storm will bring those same fears and anxieties to the forefront. Denning said in some cases children are spending hours watching weather on cable

Society of the Sisters of

St.

Ursula

Rosemary McNamara of St. Mary Church in Wilmington said residents of Hadden Hall, a senior-citizen housing Sister

complex, fared well during this storm.

Hurricane Bertha, which had passed through the area several weeks before Fran, led residents to form an emergency committee that helped prepare the occupants to ride out the storm.

One

big difference this time, ac-

cording to Sister Rosemary, was the residents planned their food shopping bet-

There was

food on hand that would spoil in case of a power outage.

While recovering from Fran, people in North Carolina are keeping an eye on more trouble from the tropics.

Sister Rosemary said the residents of Hadden Hall "would be very happy if (hurricane) Hortense decided to go elsewhere."

ter.

less

Mrs. Boyd lived with her son tory since

moving

remarkable compassion who reminded others that "it's important for someone to care," even in the midst of her own illness and pain.

Mrs. Boyd, a native of Mobile, Ala., was the daughter of the late Furman N. and Minnie Goetting Torp. A 1947 graduate of City Hospital School of Nursing in Mobile, she considered the 36-year nursing career from which she retired in 1983 a genuine vocation. Her nurse's cap and cape rested upon her casket throughout the funeral liturgy, together with a single rose, a cross she

at the rec-

to Asheville in

1988

when Father Boyd became pastor of St. Joan of Arc. She was known and admired and good humor, her love of the arts, her skills as a cook and crafter, and especially her enthusiasm for the Atlanta Braves.

Bishop William G. Curlin presided at the Mass of Christian burial Sept. 2 at St. Joan of Arc Church. He was assisted

by Father Boyd and numerous priests from the area. Father Conrad Hoover, pastor of St. Elizabeth Church in Boone, was homilist, and Father Frank Cancro, pastor of St. Eugene Church in Asheville, was master of ceremonies. Patrick Evans, a member of the pastoral council at St. Joan of Arc Church and family friend, delivered the eulogy after Communion. for her caring disposition

herself had crafted, and the rosary given

her by Pope John Paul

Boyd was received

Church by her son a year

member of St. Joan

a

a deep devotion to

1989. Mrs.

II in

into the Catholic earlier,

and as

of Arc, developed

St.

Joan.

In addition to her son, Mrs.

Boyd

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En

13 de septiembre de 1996

en Clemmons estas reuniones se

comparte

el

llevaron a cabo el quinto Cursillo de

espiritu del movimiento que es la piedad,

hombres en espanol y el quinto Cursillo

el

Los Cursillos fueron dirigidos y coordinados totalmente por equipos compuestos por cursillistas hispanos de esta diocesis y apoyados en la cocina por cursillistas de habla inglesa, quienes demostraron gran espfritu de servicio, hermandad y amor.

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estudio y la accion. Tambien participaron en una escuela de dirigentes, en un retiro espiritual y en ultreyas o reuniones mensuales.

Al Cursillo de hombres, que fue coordinado con gran humildad y sencillez por Luis Lecaros, asistieron 2 1 candidates, quienes cuando concluyo el mismo dieron testimonios de que el Espiritu Santo habfa invadido sus corazones y que sentian su ardor como los discfpulos de Emaus.

Marta Medina fue la coordinadora del Cursillo de mujeres, y ella y el pequeno equipo, con fe y confianza en

Cursillos fue el Rev. Vicente H.

el

de mujeres en espanol de la Diocesis de Charlotte, en la parroquia de la Sagrada Familia (Holy Family), en Clemmons.

El Cursillo de hombres tuvo lugar del 1 al 4 de agosto y el de las mujeres del 15 al 18.

Finnerty,

CM., Director de la Pastoral

Hispana de

la

Di6cesis de Charlotte y

Director Espiritual del

Movimiento de

Cursillos Hispanos de la Diocesis, quien

con un gran espuitu de amor y trabajo mantuvo a los candidates y equipos animados y unidos todo el tiempo con sus meditaciones y palabras que llevaban el mensaje de verdad y amor de Nuestro Senor Jesucristo El equipo del Cursillo de hombres estaba compuesto por nueve cursillistas y el de las mujeres por ocho. Estas personas se prepararon con mucho amor y sacrificio por unos seis meses, respondiendo a la invitaci6n que les

Senor, no se desalentaron al recibir a

36 candidatas, un numero mayor de las que ellas esperaban.

La clausura del Cursillo de mujeres fue tambien muy emotiva. Las nuevas cursillistas dieron testimonio de que sus vidas habian sufrido un cambio en esos tres dfas y estaban dispuestas a cambiar sus ambientes. Ellas dijeron que ahora sabian que Cristo las necesitaba. Al final, el sacerdote les dijo en nombre de Jesus: "Cristo cuenta contigo", a lo cual

todas respondieron con voz alta y clara,

metodologia a de los diferentes

levantando los brazos en serial de victoria: "y yo con su gracia".

Dos tercios de los candidates y candidatas proceden de la regi6n de Asheboro, donde seis cursillistas con gran animo y alentados por el Padre Jose Mack, pairoco de la Parroquia de San Jose\ participaron con gran esfuerzo y sacrificio en la formaci6n de los

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La preparacidn de los equipos comenz6 con una escuela intensiva donde se explic6

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Marcos

capftulo 8, versfculos 27-30.

Es el corazon porque habla de lo central de todo el evangelio. En este pasaje, Jesus les hace dos preguntas a sus discfpulos.

La primera pregunta no

es

muy importante. Quiere saber que dice gente en la calle de el, que chisme han escuchado los discfpulos. Es una la

pregunta para recoger informacion. La segunda pregunta es la pregunta clave.

Jesiis quiere saber cual es la

que ha

tenido una experiencia de primera mano

«Tu

el.

Es Pedro quien da

Jesus transformo la vida de Pablo, y Pablo llego a conocer a Jesiis de una

enamorarse.

y a los apostoles.

Hay un verdadero sentido por el cual nosotros tambien debemos tener una experiencia de Jesiis como la de Pablo. Mucho de lo que conocemos de Jesus es de otros, aun de la Biblia, pero tarde o temprano, tenemos que hacernos la misma pregunta que hizo Pablo: "l Quien eres, Senor?" Nuestra respuesta puede cambiar nuestras vidas. Y no es

opinion de

estos discfpulos, esta gente

con

creemos por nosotros mismos".

Hermanos y hermanas, una cosa es haber ofdo de grandes libros. Es otra leerlos y conocerlos. Es una cosa que le cuenten de la miisica. Es otra, escucharla, exponer su alma a su encanto, dejar que la vida sea enriquecida por ella. Es una cosa escuchar de la mecanica. Es otra trabajar en un motor. Es una cosa creer en el amor, leer sobre el, escuchar a otros hablar de el; es otra cosa

la respuesta:

eres el Mesfas».

La clave en este pasaje es movimiento de una fe de otros a una personal. Jesus exige esa clase de

el

fe

fe.

Cuando

el se encuentra con Maria despues de la muerte de su hermano, Lazaro, el le pregunta si ella cree en la Resurreccion. Ella dice que sf, la del ultimo dfa. Jesus le dice que el es la Resurreccion y la Vida y le pregunta si ella cree esto. Maria responde que sf y Jesus le restaura la vida a su hermano.

compromiso personal con Jesus era necesario. La fe no es un dogma impersonal, sino un compromiso con

Todas

plenamente realizadas linicamente por la experiencia personal. Asf sucede con Cristo. Hemos ofdo acerca de el toda nuestra vida, pero ^hasta que punto lo hemos experimentado? El es y debe ser diferente para cada uno de nosotros.

Cada uno de los evangelistas tenia una vision diferente de Jesiis.

Para Marcos, por ejemplo, Jesiis era el Mesfas sufriente, quien validaba su mision y trabajo a traves de la entrega al Padre y asf es que el sufrimiento de los seguidores de Jesiis tiene significado.

Marcos llego a conocer a Jesiis a traves del sufrimiento.

El

persona de Jesus.

El pasaje de la mujer samaritana (Juan 4, 5-30), nos da el ejemplo mas claro de este movimiento en la fe. Jesiis pasa tiempo conversando con la mujer ensenandole lo que el es y lo que el significa. Ella se conmueve tanto por esta experiencia que corre al pueblo para anunciar a todos lo que Jesus habfa dicho y les convence de que vayan a escucharlo. Por el testimonio de la mujer, las personas van y escuchan a Jesus y se convencen de su mensaje y su valor. Y todos dicen que ya su fe no depende del testimonio de la mujer.

Han visto y creen. Tenemos aquf un movimiento de una fe de otros a una fe de primera mano. o personal.

Es importante notar los pasos que Jesiis usa con sus discfpulos. Primero, la

les

pregunta que piensan otros.

Nosotros tambien necesitamos buscar la opinion que otros han tenido de esto; las experiencias, las reflexiones

de los

que nos han precedido, como los autores espirituales, los escritos de la Biblia.

Esta clase de informacion es importante para nosotros.

Ciertamente, nuestra fe tiene que ser algo que viene de otros. No podemos

caminar con Jesiis o escucharlo de la misma manera ffsica de hace veinte siglos. Dependemos del mensaje y testimonio de otros para tener una idea de quien es Jesiis. Para muchos de nosotros fue mama o papa o los abuelos quienes primero nos hablaron de Jesiis, pero nuestra biisqueda y conocimiento de el no puede quedar ahf.

Es lo que paso con la mujer

La gente se acerco a Jesiis por el testimonio de la mujer. Pero nadie estaba contento de quedarse con una fe de otros. Despues de escuchar a la mujer, la gente llega a escuchar a Jesiis y lo experimenta en sus propias vidas. Por eso la gente puede decir a la mujer: "Nuestra fe ya no depende de ti; samaritana.

cosas grandes son

las

Pfira

Lucas,

la

compasion de

Jesiis era el factor principal.

Lucas vefa a Jesiis como el que se rodeaba con los pobres, los marginados, los enfermos y los

manera especial. Toda su vida empezo a girar alrededor de Jesiis

mismo

Jesiis fue el fin

y

la

plenitud de todo lo

que fue prometido a Israel.

Jesiis era

un

maestro.

Para Juan, Jesus era el Hijo de Dios que vino a revelar la naturaleza de Dios y su mensaje a su Pueblo. Jesiis llevo a cabo la voluntad de Dios hasta el final.

En el evangelio de Juan, la pregunta que continuamente se hace es como estamos nosotros en relation con Dios. Leemos que Jesiis es la Luz del Mundo; entonces, -

^quienes somos nosotros? Somos el pueblo que camina en las tinieblas, que

Vid verdadera; somos las ramas. Jesiis es el Buen Pastor; necesitamos que nos gufe. El es el Pan necesita luz. Jesiis es la

de Vida, el Agua Viva, la Resurreccion y la Vida; somos los que necesitamos ese pan, ese agua, esa vida.

De muchas

maneras, la vision de Pablo es la mas interesante. El experimento una sola revelation de Jesiis en el camino a Damasco y desde ese momento, su vida cambio completamente. Pablo nunca podrfa ver las cosas de la misma forma de nuevo.

El nos dice que todo lo que el habfa considerado como ganancia, es nada en comparacion con el seguimiento de Jesiis. Pablo crecio en conocimiento y apreciacion de quien era Jesiis y lo que significaba para su vida. Todo tenia que ser revalorizado, cambiado. El sufrimiento tenia un nuevo significado

y valor; cuando se burlaban de el no significaba nada. Las privaciones y sacrificios eran parte de su trabajo; la alegrfa venfa de los exitos limitados y al perseverar cuando sabfa que tenia la razon.

el

Podemos observar que

la vision de que Pablo tenia esta basada en su pregunta a Jesiis en el camino a Damasco: "^Quien eres, Senor?" Es la misma pregunta que Jesus hace a Pedro Jesiis

una respuesta que damos una sola vez, sino que, como Pablo, tenemos que crecer en ella a lo largo de nuestras vidas. Una vez lef una pequena poesfa que decfa: Estds escribiendo un evangelio, un capftulo cada dia, Por los hechos que haces, por las palabras que dices.

La gente lee lo que escribes, seas hipocrita, seasfiel.

Oye, ique es el evangelio segun tu?

Se nota lo que es la experiencia de en la vida de uno por la manera en

asf,

miraba Lucas a Jesiis.

Para Mateo, Jesus era un gran Maestro que explicaba y llevaba a cabo las promesas de Dios al pueblo judfo.

—como

«Ya no soy yo quien vivo

sino Cristo que vive en mf».

pecadores. Jesiis trato a todas estas

personas con amor y misericordia y

dice:

Jesiis

que

vive.

Hay

un

3 de septiemhre de

1

996

Rev. VICENTE H. FTNNERTY, CM.

"La figura de Cristo"

corazon del evangelio de se encuentra en su

El

1

pasaje

en

los

evangelios en que Jesus sana a un hombre que habfa nacido ciego (Juan 9, 1-41). Despues, los fariseos y escribas quieren saber como paso eso. Primero, niegan que el hombre habfa nacido ciego y despues dicen que Jesus era un pecador. Durante toda la interrogation la respuesta del

en todos los problemas y realidades de su Pueblo y de su epoca. Se compadece de las muchedumbres que tienen hambre. Se ocupo de los enfermos, de los atribulados y de los agobiados.

Paso por el mundo haciendo el bien.

Es interesante, hermanos y hermanas, que en la epoca de Jesiis, todo el mundo aceptaba que Jesiis era hombre. La dificultad era aceptar que decfa que era tambien hijo de Dios.

Nosotros tenemos el problema opuesto.

Facilmente, aceptamos que es hijo de Dios, pero nos cuesta aceptar que es hombre como nosotros en todo, menos en el pecado.

Juan Pablo II dice que toda la humanidad encuentra su plenitud en la

humanidad de

Jesus. Si estamos buscando descubrir lo que es ser realmente humano, la respuesta esta en la

persona de

Jesiis.

Hermanos y hermanas, creo que a todos nosotros nos fascinan las personas que tienen la capacidad, el talento de imitar a otros Estas personas por la manera que caminan, mueven .

sus cabezas, por sus gestos, sus voces,

pueden imitar a

otros. Esto es un verdadero talento. Muchas personas tienen heroes a quienes intentan imitar por la manera que viven.

Podemos decir que esto tambien es verdad de los apostoles que andaban con Jesiis. Ellos querfan imitarlo.

Vemos, por ejemplo, que Pedro querfa caminar sobre el agua como Jesus. Los discfpulos intentaron echar a los demonios como Jesiis. Despues de la Resurreccion, ellos empezaron a hacer muchas de las mismas cosas que Jesiis hizo durante su ministerio. Empezaron a predicar, sanar, exorcizar. Pero tal vez, lo mas importante es que empezaron a pensar como Jesiis.

Empezaron a ver la salvation universal

hombre queda igual. "No se como paso,

para todos los pueblos. Vefan

que estaba ciego y ahora veo". Esto, hermanos y hermanas, es el evangelio de una vida transformada.

Era de una manera, y ahora soy distinto, gracias al poder de Dios.

Algo parecido paso con los apostoles despues de la muerte de Jesiis. Lo

de los pecadores y conocfan la compasion y la comprension. Estaban dispuestos a sufrir por Cristo.

Empezaron a imitar a Cristo. importante que tengamos una imagen correcta de

experimentaron como vivo, todas sus vidas cambiaron y las vidas de todas las personas con quienes se relacionaron.

Esta es la clase de evangelio que

como Pedro dice; nos salva de la falta de amor en el mundo, de nuestro pecado. Nos libera de todo lo que nos

podemos escribir y predicar: el evangelio de una vida cambiada por el poder de

el pecado.

se solamente

Dios.

Entonces, £ quien es Jesiis? Jesiis es Dios vivo entre nosotros. Se encarno entre los hombres, se hizo

hombre para

misma

vida de amor. Es un hombre que nacio de una mujer, nacio pobre en un pesebre.

Se identified con los pobres y necesitados. Vivio una gran compasion para con los enfermos y los pecadores.

Lloro por la muerte de su amigo, Lazaro.

Era nino que jugaba, que fue a la escuela, que aprendi6 las tradiciones de su pueblo, que trabajo en el taller de San manifestar a todos la Dios,

el

Aprendio a ser carpintero.

Se enojo, echando fuera del Templo

Jose.

a los negociantes.

Caminaba

y se

cansaba. Ensenaba con poder y autoridad. Estaba plenamente envuelto

el

valor

Es

Cristo. El es nuestro Mesfas,

ata:

lapobreza, la injusticia, la miseria,

El es humano como nosotros.

Podemos relacionarnos con Dios

porque podemos relacionarnos con quien es humano. El es el Camino al Padre. Es el Camino, la Vida y la Verdad. El es hermano y amigo de nuestros corazones. Comprende lo que vivimos porque tambien es humano.

Hermanos, nosotros tambien en nuestro compromiso personal con Cristo, tenemos que trabajar con nuestra imitacion de el. En la Eucaristfa, el sacerdote levanta la hostia y la copa y ora: "Por Cristo, con el y en el..."

Nuestras vidas tienen que ser por, con y en Cristo.

Cuando nos preguntan: "^Quien dices ni que es Cristo?", nuestra respuesta tiene que ser proyectada en la imitacion de Cristo en nuestras vidas, en el evangelio que escribimos todos los dfas.

Jesiis,

Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald 3

13 de septiembre de 1996

Noticias de Por

la

RUTH YASEN AQUINO

El 6 de julio en la Iglesia de Nuestra

Durante los meses de julio y agosto comunidad hispana de Asheboro tuvo

la

oportunidad de participar en el estudio Hechos de los Apostoles

del libro de los

de San Jose.

La senora Flora Smith fue la encargada de dirigir dichos estudios los cuales fueron muy bien acogidos por los participate s.

Tambien el 4 de julio la ciudad de Asheboro celebro el dfa de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos con una gran fiesta donde hubo puestos en

Asheboro

la Iglesia

alusivos a esta

conmemoracion y

los

siempre esperados fuegos artificiales.

El grupo de oration de la Iglesia de San Jose participo muy activamente en este evento y vendio deliciosos "antojitos

mexicanos" con mucho

Senora de los Caminos, en Thomasville, se reunieron los miembros hispanos de esta comunidad con los de Monroe, Greensboro, Biscoe y Asheboro en un retiro de Evangelizacion y Convivencia dirigido por el Padre Vicente Finnerty Director de la Pastoral Hispana de la Diocesis de Charlotte, con la asistencia del seminarista Juan Polanco.

Este retiro consistio de charlas, mesas redondas, cantos oraciones y ,

confesiones. Todos los asistentes participaron con gran alegria y amor a Dios. El Espfritu Santo estuvo presente todo el tiempo y se vio reflejada en la cara de los asistentes el deseo de asistir a

mas

retiros

como

THOMASVILLE —Candido y Amelia Rosario celebrando sus 40 anos de casados, en compania de 12 matrimonios, en la Iglesia Nuestra Senora de los Caminos (Our Lady of the Highways), el pasado mes de abril.

este.

exito.

THOMASVILLE

—

El pasado 12 de mayo, en la Iglesia de Nuestra Caminos (Our Lady of the Highways), 1 5 ninos y ninas recibieron por primera vez la Santa Eucaristia. En la foto se aprecia a algunos de los primeros comulgantes con sus padres y familiares.

Senora de

Algunos de los miembros de la Iglesia de San Jose que participaron en julio en la ciudad de Asheboro.

la

celebracion del 4 de

los

Despedida

al

Padre Lawlor

YADKINVILLE — El pasado 7 de julio la comunidad de Cristo Rey, se reunio parque del condado de Yadkin para despedir al Padre Marcos Lawlor, quien Leo en Winston-Salem. Estuvieron presentes el grupo juvenil, los catequistas y miembros de la comunidad de Yadkinville asf como de la Sagrada Familia de Clemmons.

Todos disfrutaron de la comida y la compania de los diferentes grupos, aunque sentfan la partida del Padre Lawlor. Los participantes le presentaron al Padre varios obsequios como agradecimiento a su dedication y apoyo durante el tiempo que estuvo entre ellos y le desearon mucha suerte y pidieron que el Senor lo bendijera y derramara su Santo Espfritu sobre el para que pueda realizar su nuevo trabajo con sabiduria y amor.

en

el

fue trasladado a la Iglesia de San

Participantes en el Retiro de Evangelizacion y Convivencia en Thomasville disf rutando de una deliciosa comida durante uno de los descansos.

Grupo cantando alabanzas al Senor durante el retiro de Thomasville El grupo juvenil de Cristo Rey con el Padre Marcos Lawlor, con sombrero, en el parque del condado de Yadkin, durante la comida que se le ofrecio con motivo de su traslado.

" 4 Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald

3 de septiemhre de

1

Obispos guatemaltecos tratan de charlas de paz con rebeldes

996

1

Horarios de Misas en espanol

ASHEBORO St.

Joseph, 326 S. Park Street, (910) 629-0221

todos los domingos

1

pm

ASHEVILLE St.

Eugene,

1

Culvern St, (704) 254-5193

domingo del mes

ler.

BISCOE Our Lady of the Americas, 105 Hayde Rd.

IUUU3

(910) 428-3051

los

IV/d

OUU tldW

domingos

.>

11

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LJIU

am y 2 pni

confesiones antes de las misas

CHARLOTTE KsCniru

v^ciiuii to

nibpcinu

todos los sabados 7

Shenandoah Ave.y The Plaza, (704) 335-1281

pm pm

confesiones 6: 15-6:45 los

7

domingos 10:30 am y

pm am

confesiones 9:45-10:15

DOBSON Sagrado Corazon,

Rt. 601, (910)

632-8009

todos los sabados 6

pm

GASTONIA St.

Michael, 708 St.Michael's Ln.

3er.

(704) 867 6212

domingo

3:30

del

mes

pm

GREENSBORO St.

Mary, 812 Duke

St.,

(910) 272-8650

todos los domingos 7

pm

todos los domingos

pm

HENDERSONVDLLE Immaculate Conception, 208 (704)693-6901

7th.

Ave.W..

1

JEFFERSON San Francisco de Asis, Main y Ivy (910) 246-9151

2do.y 4to. domingo del mes 1:30

pm

KANNAPOLIS Foto

CNS

de Reuters

St.

Joseph, 108

St. Joseph St.

pm

todos los domingos, 12

KERNERSVILLE

—

LLAMADO A

l_A PAZ Un miembro de la Patrulla de Defensa Civil de Guatemala una ceremonia el 9 de agosto, poniendo fin oficialmente a 14 anos de operaciones de contra-insurgencia en contra de los guerrilleros izquierdistas en el altiplano de Guatemala. Su letrero dice: "Ya no queremos mas guerra". La milicia fue creada en 1 982 para ayudar al ejercito a combatir a los guerrilleros, pero tambien fue culpada de algunos de los peores abusos contra los derechos humanos en el pais.

asiste a

—

CIUDAD GUATEMALA (CNS) Los obispos guatemaltecos se

reunieron en San Salvador con los dirigentes principales de los rebeldes

guatemaltecos para tratar de

las

negociaciones continuas de paz con gobierno.

Monsenor Jorge Mario Avila

el

del

Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala, dijo que los rebeldes de la Unidad Nacional Aguila, presidente de

la

Guatemalteca

Revolucionaria

propusieron "la necesidad de crear un proyecto de consenso

nacional

para

cual se invitaria a todos

los

sectores

de

producto de un

dialogo".

"...lo

hicimos sabiendo

de paz no significa que

vendra la paz, sino que abre la puerta para

del Aguila hizo notar la

como

conferencia

mas reciente de los "La Paz es Urgente",

Obispos, titulada publicada en diciembre ultimo.

"Cuando publicamos esa pastoral, lo hicimos sabiendo

Dorothy, 148 St.Dorothy's Lane (704) 735-5575

inmediatas.

todos los domingos 12

Our Lady ofLourdes, Deese y

Franklin Streets

Charles Borromeo, 714 W. Union (704)437-3108

St.

St.

pm

Joseph, 720

West

13th. St., (704)

464-9207

todos los domingos 12:45

pm

NORTH WILKESBORO John Church, 275 C.C. Wright School Rd. (910)838-5562

ler., 3er., 5to.

St.

6

domingo

del

mes

pm

REIDSVILLE Holy

Infant,

1042 Freeway Dr., (910) 342-1448

todos los domingos 4

pm

todos los domingos 4

pm

SALISBURY Sacred Heart, 128 N.Fulton

St.,

(704) 633-0591

STATESVILLE St.

Phillip the Apostle,

525 Camden Dr.

ler.

domingo del mes 2

pm

TAYLORS VILLE Trinity,

665 W. Main Ave.

todos los sabados 6

pm

(704) 632-8009

THOMASVTLLE Our Lady of the Highways, 943

Ball Park Rd.

todos los domingos 12

pm

(910)475-2732

WINSTON-SALEM Our Lady of Mercy, 1919

S.

Main

St.

todos los domingos

1

pm

(704) 722-7001

YADKINVTLLE Christ the King, U.S. 601 y Hoots Rd.

todos los domingos 12

pm

(910)463-5533

Argentinos en huelga despues de peregrinacion a santo patron

carta

que

la

BUENOS AIRES Argentina (CNS)

desempleo esta afectando a 4,200,000 argentinos el 17.1 por ciento de la

—

que vendra

sino que abre la

argentinos comenzaron una peregrin-

Monsenor

acion hacia un santuario que honra a San

La huelga fue realizada para

Cayetano, su santo patr6n del trabajo, ocurrio una huelga nacional para protestar

protestar de las rebajas presupuestarias

Avila del Aguila.

Adem&s de Monsenor Avila del Aguila, los Monsenores Rodolfo Quezada Toruno y Victor Hugo Martinez Contreras, Obispos de Zacapa y Esquipulas, y de Quetzaltenango, respectivamente, participaron tambien en la reuni6n del 30 de julio, en la cual estuvieron presentes tres de los cuatro miembros del Comando General de los rebeldes izquierdistas.

Monsenor Quezada

pm

NEWTON

firma del acuerdo de paz no significa la paz,

pm

todos los domingos 1:30 todos los domingos 5

St.

—

puerta para edificarla", dijo

pm

MORGANTON

Holy

pero no reformas

todos los domingos 12:30

MONROE

asuntos socioeconomics.

En la mayorfa de los casos, estos

disponen

(9 1 0) 996-5 109

St.

(704) 872-2579

acuerdos proporcionan sencillamente un piano amplio para cambios en los cursos de acci6n que deberian ser llevados a

St.,

LINCOLNTON

los asuntos indfgenas y

la practica,

edificarla.

propuesta de los

rebeldes coincide con la carta pastoral

la

En enero de 1994, las charlas de paz empezaron bajo la moderation de las Naciones Unidas.

Se espera la firma de un acuerdo final de paz en septiembre de este ano, que pondra fin a mas de 30 anos de guerra interior y al conflicto armado de mayor duration en la America Latina.

Ya se han firmado los acuerdos sobre derechos humanos, una comision de veracidad, las poblaciones desplazadas,

que la firma del acuerdo

Monsenor Avila que

de

episcopal.

la

sociedad y el cual seria el

representante

los

el

desarrollo del pais, al

tramite de paz entre 1990 y 1993

Holy Cross, 6 1 6 S.Cherry

presidi6 el

de

El dfa despues que millares de

la polftica

economica del gobierno.

La peregrinacion empez6 despues que sonaron 48 veces las campanas del Santuario de San Cayetano a medianoche, entre los dfas 6 y 7 de agosto, y los trabajadores fueron a la huelga el 8 de agosto.

La cantidad de peregrinos que fue al santuario excedi6 de un mill6n por primera vez en este ano, a medida que el

poblacion adulta.

recientes hechas por el gobierno, que

disminuir£n dramaticamente los beneficios sociales para las familias

pobres extensas.

Segun dijeron los dirigentes sindicales, la huelga paralizo al 80 por ciento de la fuerza de trabajo en Buenos Aires. Las fuentes del gobierno dijeron que la cifra era "muy exagerada", pero reconocieron que la huelga tuvo un efecto considerable.

El Santuario de San Cayetano, situado en la vecindad de clase trabajadora de Liniers, honra al santo nacido en Vicenza, Italia, en 1480.

El 7 de agosto de cada ano, los peregririos forman una fila de casi una nulla a fin de asistir a una de las 20 Misas que se celebran cada hora, desde las 4 de la manana hasta la medianoche.

La Arquidiocesis de Buenos Aires suministro 400 sacerdotes en el santuario para ofr confesiones, y 1 ,500 voluntarios de los grupos juveniles catolicos para ayudar a mantener el

orden en la fila y proporcionar alimentos o mantas durante la noche fria.

September

The Catholic News

1996

13,

epiainme nt Lntert Bogus

GOS

Title Fits

Film Filled With

Whoopi Goldberg, Gerard

casts

Depardieu and an adorable tyke in a gentle, well-meaning fantasy that just doesn't

fly.

Albert (Haley Joel Osment) lives with his dancer single

is 7,

mom

(Nancy Travis)

Vegas, where

in

Antoine the magician (Denis Mercier) teaches

him

But

his

when mom Albert

is

is

happy

told he

ark with his

little

world ends and

killed in a car crash

must go

live in

New-

mom's foster sister, who is just as un-

Harriet (Goldberg),

ible-to-others secret pal, a great big bear

mining town and the local lord (Nigel

of a Frenchman who calls himself Bogus (Depardieu).

And so as the threesome settle un-

Bruce) through her perseverance in starting a school and preparing her prize student (John Dall) to take the entrance exam for Oxford. Directed by Irving Rapper, the performances and period

easily into Harriet's apartment

Bogus

urges Albert to be patient with the toobusy businesswoman, who doesn't like pal.

But when he

make-believe

tries to

show her

his

any doubt that he will effect a magical

woman and the last thing

transformation in harried Harriet.

she wants

is

white boy to raise.

But Albert doesn't exactly arrive

little

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

KNOW

Veteran director Norman Jewison ('Fiddler on the Roof," "Moonstruck") goes for an overly sentimental treatment of the story, relying heavily on the child's vulnerability to tug at heartstrings.

The boy

is

certainly appeal-

mostly unconvincing, such as the making the fantasy scenes hefty Depardieu and Goldberg doing a Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire ballroom it's

—

— look embarrassingly awkward.

scene

The theme of believing in magic and the power of the imagination to deal life is

Instead, the precious treatment given Albert and the sudden if totally

E.

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531-3131

predictable bonding between boy and surrogate

mom

robs the audience of a

genuine emotional connection to the story. Add to that Depardieu' s final flourish of talking to the camera as the movie concludes and you have a true fantasy misfire.

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and

fleet-

ing violence, the U.S. Catholic Confer-

ence classification

is

A-II

—

ciation rental

adults and

The Motion Picture Assopaof America rating is PG

adolescents.

HYUHDOI

rated by the Motion Picture Associa-

British production from the Willy Russell play about a disillusioned, drunken professor of English (Michael Caine) who becomes involved with a spunky Dublin housewife (Julie Walters) determined to get an education. Directed

by Lewis Gilbert, the Pygmalion rela-

some charm but Walter's characterization is somewhat crude and

—

ethnically stereotyped.

The U.S. Cathois A-HI

—

Conference classification

The Motion Picture Associapaof America rating is PG

adults.

tion

—

Mr.

it

is

not always

who gives the lessons.

George Cukor's direction, Cecil Beaton's stunning sets and costumes, the charming performances and some wonderful music add up to splendid family entertainment. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is

G — general audiences.

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and Goldberg and Depardieu try hard, but the dramatic and fantasy elements never come together as a satisfying,

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Sounds like Bogus is going to have work a minor miracle to bring these

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While on the plane his drawing springs to life in the form of an invis-

alone.

that Albert talks aloud to a

neat tricks.

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In

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1996

The News Outdoor Preaching Turns Golden For Appalachian Priest —

Thousands of times the message has rung through LOUISA, Ky. (CNS) "My name is Father Beiting, and I'm here to talk about your best friend and mine Jesus Christ." It's hard to say exactly how many times Msgr.

the mountains:

Baltimore Ravens

head coach Ted Marchibroda eyes the field during an August exhibition

game

—

Ralph Beiting, pastor of two parishes in the Diocese of Lexington and founder of the Christian Appalachian Project, has addressed a crowd in this way, and even harder to say how many people he has addressed. But when he sets up his loudspeaking equipment, anyone within a couple of miles is going to hear him, even if they can't see him. His first time at a microphone was 50 years ago, when, as a seminarian, Msgr. Beiting was assigned to spend a summer with Father Joseph Wimmers deep in the Appalachian region of Kentucky.

Just about every branch and holler in eastern Kentucky has been favored by Msgr. Beiting's message about the love of God. In 1987, he even cruised the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, as he took "Appalachia on Tour." There are folks trying to convince him to launch Year 5 1 of street preaching by going on the

in

Baltimore. He said he never

prays for victory, only to do the best he can.

Internet.

NFL Coach Marchibroda

:

Not Praying To Win, But To Do His Best

BALTIMORE (CNS) — At the two-minute warning before the players take

the field, they kneel

Prayer.

The

down

in the locker

brief but reverent ritual

is

Several hours earlier, players and other

family and friends

may have chosen

room, join hands and pray the Lord's

repeated at the end of the game, win or lose.

members of the Baltimore Ravens' staff, team- sponsored Mass or

to attend either a

nondenominational chapel service, which are conducted concurrently. That the Ravens give prayer a priority in the midst of the competitive intensity of the National Football League is in part a reflection of the spirituality of the man who leads them: head coach Ted Marchibroda, to whom faith is as natural and comfortable a part of his life as is the game of football. The 65-year-old son of devoutly Catholic Polish immigrants, Marchibroda said his faith was formed and directed early on by his parents, especially his mother.

Auxiliary Bishop Retires

On

Anniversary Of Ordination YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CNS)

ince. "Since

—

The resignation of Auxiliary Bishop Benedict C. Franzetta of Youngstown was accepted by Pope John Paul

II

on

Sept. 4, the 16th anniversary of the

bishop's episcopal ordination.

He was

Youngstown diocesan

it

might appear, by

my

si-

lence on the issue, that the Society of Jesus supports Father Drinan' s position, I

want

to say publicly, as his religious

superior, that

Drinan

May

disagree with Father

and have told him wrote to President Clinton

to protest his veto....

I

hope

that

a bishop, having been

Congress will override the veto," Father Barry said.

preceded by retired Bishops James W. Malone of Youngstown and William A. Hughes of Covington, Ky. "I have been deeply appreciative of the honor and

Turn-Of-Century Parish Convent In Illinois Now A Family Home The OAK PARK, 111. (CNS)

the third native

become

priest to

privilege to serve the diocese as priest

and bishop, and

be a participant in the college of bishops," Bishop Franzetta wrote in a letter to brother priests, deacons and chancery colleagues notifying them of his impending resignation. to

Jesuit Superior Disagrees With Father Drinan On Abortion Veto Jesuit Father BOSTON (CNS)

—

Robert

Drinan' s provincial superior said Aug. 30 that he disagrees with Father Drinan' s public defense of President F.

Clinton's veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion

Ban

Act. Father Drinan' s articles on

The New York Times and National Catholic Reporter "seriously offended many good people," the issue last spring in

and he caused scandal "without intending to," said Father William A. Barry, head of the New England Jesuit prov-

photo

in this case

so. In fact, I

in

I

CNS file

Msgr. Ralph Beiting preaches the message of hope and self-help in the Appalachian region of Kentucky in this undated photo. He has been giving his outdoor sermons for 50 years.

Among

one more day," said Dr. Sudipta Sen, home and one of six doctors who had treated Mother Teresa. "She is a little stronger but she needs lots of rest," he said. Once she arrived home, Mother Teresa was carried on a stretcher to the upstairs prayer room of the Missionaries of Charity motherhouse where she attended morning Mass, said a spokeswoman for the

Decaminid

order.

country's post-communist health system, currently one of Europe's poorest.

Father Franco Decaminid, a member of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception order,

—

former 20-room convent of St. Edmund Parish in Oak Park is now home to Sandy and John Troelstrup and their family of eight children. After the

Dominican

sis-

who lived in the convent left the Chicago suburb, the parish sold the property to raise money for capital improvements needed at its school and church.

ters

According

to

Sandy Troelstrup, the

house suits them just fine. "We were under construction for eight months after moving in," she said. "We had to remove 150 feet of wall, because the small, cell-like stately, turn-of-the-century brick

rooms that served as the nuns' bedrooms weren't practical for us."

Honored For Rebuilding Albania's Health System An TIRANA, Albania (CNS)

Priest

—

Albanian priest has been awarded a high state honor for his role in rebuilding the

was given

a

medal by President

Sali Berisha in recognition

of his work

in securing international support for in-

frastructure

and equipment projects

at

Albania's hospitals and health clinics.

other initiatives, Father is founder and director of a church-run foundation, Our Lady of Good Counsel, which is building a

stay

director of the nursing

Catholic hospital in the capital, Tirana.

Mother Teresa Released From Home To Rest CALCUTTA, India (CNS)

Hospital, Returns

—

Mother Teresa was released from the intensive care unit of Woodlands Nursing Home Sept. 6, still weak from her

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struggle with heart problems, malaria

and pneumonia. The 86-year-old Nobel laureate and foundress of the Missionaries of Charity was moved by wheelchair, ambulance and stretcher to the order's headquarters in Calcutta.

"We

had a plan to release her on Saturday, but she was restless and wanted to go

home

today.

We

could not force her to

First

Communion Cards

& Gifts

— 9:30am-5:30 pm — 9:30 am-3 pm

Mon.-Fri Saturday

&

Gift Items Books Special/Mail orders

Welcome

V

September

13,

Rally, from

The

1996

page

Dietzen, from page 5

1

to listen to their faith.

"It's

ily

amazing when you

understand what

start to

God wants for us on this

earth; the plan is very simple."

As she

leads the teens towards evening prayers,

she intersperses thought provoking tunes

with scripture. Scally challenges the teens to wear their faith with pride, and but reflect not only on themselves on their peers. "A person of faith cares for you on the inside."

Youth Ministry Director Paul Kotlowski says a Tri-State youth rally was the off-shoot of the annual youth conference for Charlotte teens. "Youth Ministry Directors from all our re-

—

gional

—

— — share dioceses

a desire for teens

to share this experience with their peers."

The two-day event brought

teens

first to the YMCA-owned Camp Thunderbird for evening festivities and overnight camping, and on to Carowinds theme park on Sunday. At Carowinds, teens begain their day with Mass celebrated by Bishop William G. Curlin. In his homily, Bishop Curlin reminded teens, "The world is in your hands as

long as

God

is

alive in you."

Kotlowski hopes the Tri-State Youth Rally becomes an annual event.

Twelve hundred teens share his vision.

Marian Shrines of France with Bishop William G. C urlin Apnl 7

- 17.

1997

that

ground transportation.

scholarly scrutiny.

When

the Gospels say Jesus "breathed his last" and died, for example, they mean just that, he died, even though scholars continue to uncover further pro-

News

& Peace

& Herald 9

Office

Presents Bi-Annual Conference BELMONT — The biannual dioc-

Development at the United States

Social

Catholic Conference, will speak on ap-

found messages underneath these and

esan Faith Doing Justice Conference is Oct. 18 and 19 at Belmont Abbey Col-

other parts of the Passion story.

lege.

Call to Political Responsibility.

In the

same way, our

at the

Last

Supper "literally" because massive evidence supports that interpretation.

The

earliest Christians, including

Paul himself, obviously took these

St.

words at face value. For them, the bread and cup shared in the celebration of the Lord's Supper were, with no ambiguity or shaded meaning, truly the body and blood of Jesus.

Christians will forget that fact, says

This belief of the is

Catholics and

The

want

is

for those

who

Church's social mission into their personal lives and parto integrate the

ish ministries.

Workshops teach content

and skills that enhance parish ministries.

There are sessions on Catholic social teaching, economic justice, parish social ministry, political responsibility, social justice education, integration of social

ministry into parish

life,

and a model for

multi-cultural youth service projects. In

Paul, only at great spiritual peril (1 Corinthians 11:23-34).

generations

The conference

tradition has

accepted the words of the Lord

first

Christian

highly significant for us

many

final interpreter

other Christians.

of the Bible, espe-

addition, there are special meetings for

CHD, CRS and

Voices for Justice par-

ish coordinators.

Two keynote speakers will explore the social

demands of

faith in light

of

Scripture and Catholic social teaching as

they relate to a consistent ethic of

plying the teaching of the U.S. Bishops'

Christine Doby, Director of the Office of Peace and Justice and Respect Life of the Lansing Diocese, will present

two workshops on parish social ministry. The first provides a variety of blueminwhile the second session covers methods for effective action, volunteer recruitment and organizing.

Exciting prayer experiences are featured with singing and movement from Kabaka intergenerational troupe of African and liturgical dancers and drummers, and from Sojourn liturgical music group. Bishop William G. Curlin will preside over the culminating liturgy at Belmont Abbey Church. prints for building effective social istry,

life.

Parishes are invited to display ex-

cially the Christian Scriptures, is the liv-

Also, the timely theme of the U.S. Bish-

hibits of their social ministry activities.

ing church, the assembly of believers in

ops' 1996 Call to Political Responsibil-

The registration fee of $30 per person ($25 per person when four or more people from the same parish register together) includes Saturday continental breakfast and lunch.

The Faith Doing Justice conference is presented by the Office of Justice and Peace and co-sponsored by Belmont Abbey, Campaign for Human Develop-

who produced

As the above-mentioned document us, it is the believing commu-

be highlighted. Sister Evelyn Mattern, widely published author and former member of the legislative staff at N.C. Council of Churches, will present "Sharing the Tradition: The Call to a

nity that provides the truly adequate con-

Consistent Ethic of Life" with follow-

words of Scrip-

up roundtable discussions on analyzing issues for social and moral dimensions.

Ronald Krietemeyer, nationally known speaker and director of the Office of Social Justice of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis and former director of the Department of Domestic

Jesus

those Scriptures in

the first place under the inspiration of the Spirit.

reminds

ture.

Faith and the study.

as a service of the to

it

Holy Spirit enrich this

And "church authority, exercised community, must see

that this interpretation

ful to the great tradition

duced the texts"

Kea

Diocesan Justice

changes significantly under

text for interpreting the

This 10-day pilgrimage is $2,350, roundtrip from Charlotte or Washington, and includes first class hotels, continental breakfast and dinner daily, all entrance fees, luggage handling and transfers, experienced guides, and all For more information, call lo (704) 331-1731

one

Catholic

remains

faith-

which has pro-

ity will

ment, Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Social Services. For information or brochures, call Joanne K. Frazer, Office of Justice and Peace, (704) 3311736.

(I-C-l).

A free brochure, in English or Spanasking questions Catholics ask about baptism practices and sponsors is avail-

THE OFFICE OF JUSTICE AND PEACE

ish,

Catholic Social Services

able by sending a stamped self-addressed

envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

(704) 663-5044 MON-SAT 9-5

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Featuring national keynote speakers and workshops on Catholic social teaching,

Ron Steinkamp

ity,

economic justice, parish

social ministry, political responsibil-

social justice education, integration of social ministry into parish

Dates: Saturday, September 21, 1996

life,

and multi-cultural youth service

projects.

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

o Registration Fee

Cost:

Meals: Bring a sack lunch.

Child care:

Will be provided.

$30 per person ($25 with groups of four or more registering together) Fee includes materials and Saturday meals.

Motel information sent on request.

For additional information call Joyce

Brown at (704) 547-1836.

Direction: 1-85

Take 1-77 north

Registration to 1-85 north

W. T. Harris Blvd., EastGo through three lights Take the next exit, (UNCC & Hwy.

2) Exit 45;

CONCORD ON HWY.

to integrate the

St Thomas Aquinas

Speakers:

1)

LOCATED BETWEEN MOORESVILLE &

who search for ways

social mission into their personal lives

3) 4)

Turn left toward UNCC 6) Second light, turn right onto Suther 7) Church will be on the right

Name: Address: 49)

Amt. enclosed

Phone:

5)

8)

Go to the second entrance

Workshop

registration information will be sent

on

receipt of registration or call

704-331-1736 mail

to:

Office of Justice and Peace, 1524 E.

Morehead

St.,

Charlotte,

NC 28207

News &

10 The Catholic

Herald

September

13,

1996

Diocesan News Briefs Day

of

Renewal

combe County Golf Course. For

CHARLOTTE — The

Diocese of Charlotte sponsors a Day of Renewal focusing on repentance, reconciliation and rejoicing Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. -3 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. The event includes praise and worship, speakers and Mass. For information, call Joyce Brown, (704) 547-1836.

infor-

mation, call Liz Beck, (704) 252-1306.

Clothing Sale

CLEMMONS

— Holy

Volunteers Needed The Hickory Soup

—

Kitchen's medical clinic needs volunteer nurses to work Thursdays from noon -2

To

p.m.

help, call

Diana Peeler, (704)

256-5331.

Church sponsors a children's clothing sale Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Items include infant, children and maternity clothing, toys, and baby equipment. For

—

a 1st Degree in honor of Bishop Will-

Vicariate Lock-In

nior high school youth from parishes in the Charlotte Vicariate

Nov. 2

until 7 a.m.

at

To

3.

Life

register,

Oct. 10. For information, call Mike Hjellming, (704) 535-33 1 0 or (704) 535-

9965.

Cajun Dinner Cajun Dinner

— The

first

Annual

29 from 1-4 p.m. at Catholic Social Services on Orange Street. Cost is $8 for adults and $2 for children 12 and under. For information on this fund raiser, call (704) 255-0146.

Sept.

is

Ministry Extension CHARLOTTE An informational meeting about the Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension Program is Sept.

30 at St. Patrick Cathedral from 7-8:30 p.m. The program is for those interested

—

in

Chain

GREENSBORO — The Sixth Annual Greensboro Life Chain is Oct. 6 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Battleground Avenue. The event is a prayerful statement in honor of the unborn. For information, contact Randy and Lisa Harris, 3400 Park Hill Dr., Greensboro, N.C.

—

WINSTON-SALEM Dr. Martha Shuping presents a workshop on ministering to women who have had abortions Sept. 19 from 11 :30 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.

at

Charter Hospital.

Mark

by Sept.

17.

Retrouvaille Session

is

Wednesdays from 9:45-1

a.m.

1

Retiree Seminar

—

ASHEVILLE Holy Ground,"

"Walking on

a seminar exploring the

spirituality of retired life, begins Sept.

25 from 9-11 a.m. at St. Eugene Church.

Father Frank Cancro leads monthly ses-

Eucharistic Adoration ASHEVILLE The Basilica of

—

office, (910)

stories

and documents

history of the parish.

Carey Ilderton

Jr.,

To

884-0244.

Dramatization Of The Gospel

CLEMMONS — Television actor

illustrating the

contribute, call

0561. Cost

— The 50th Anni-

(910) 841-6100 or

is

$4 for adults and $2

for

CHARLOTTE — A Spanish Charismatic prayer group meets 7:30 p.m.

Fridays at

St.

Patrick Cathedral in the

parish center.

of Grace Church Fall Festival

— Asheville Preg-

nancy Support Services presents Annual Golf Marathon Sept. 27

the at

first

Bun-

Golf Outing GREENSBORO The St. Pius X School 10th Annual Great Golf Outing

—

is

Oct. 4 at the Greensboro National Golf

Course. Cost

is

—

S.C. "As Streams In The Desert" featuring nationally known musician and liturgist Vince Ambrosetti is Oct. 26-30 at St. Mary Magdalene Church. A spiritual workshop for pastoral ministers of music liturgy, hospitality, Eucharist and Word begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. Cost is $25 is

required.

Ambrosetti performs in concert Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Mission begins Monday at 7:30 p.m. and continues nightly at 7:30 p.m. through Wednesday.

For information or workshop regchurch office, (864) 288-4884 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Oct. 11-

$85 and includes

golf,

Living Waters Retreats

MAGGIE VALLEY — "Drink the Living Water"

is

a Sept. 19-26 active,

interactive, inner-active retreat with na-

Annual National Symposium Ministry With the Aging, sponsored by the Dio-

by Blessed Sacrament FaRosseau and Sisters of Charity Sister Fran Grady. Cost is $235.

"Francis, Go Repair My Church" is an Oct. 4-6 weekend retreat celebrat-

cese of Charlotte CRISM office, is Oct. 1-4 at Kanuga Conference Center. For

ing the feast of St. Francis including a dramatization of the Transitus directed

information, call (704) 251-0428.

by Conventual Franciscan Father Alfred

ture directed

Symposium Focuses on Aging HENDERSONVILLE The 1 1 fh

—

ther Robert

Cost is $85.

"Songs are for Singing"

Sartor.

Ann Bingo CHARLOTTE —Bingo sponsored St.

by Knights of Columbus Council 770 is played 7 p.m. Mondays at St. Ann

Church

in the Activity Center.

$500 jackpot,

Cash be

will

given away each week.

Day

of Reflection

GREENSBORO — A CRISM Day

Silver

and Gold

CHARLOTTE

—

The annual diocesan celebration for couples married 25 or 50 years is 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at St. John Neumann Church. Contact your parish office to be included.

Jesuit

House Retreats

HOT SPRINGS is

—

"Spirit With-

is an Oct. 11-13 weekend retreat in the colorful surroundings of the Smokies in autumn directed by Dominican Father Michael Burke. Cost is $85.

"The Stillness of the Forest" is an Oct. 14-20 nature retreat directed by Father Eric Pitre, John Boyles, and Frank and Brenda Petras. Cost is $235.

"Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord" is an Oct. 25-31 retreat of exploration and prayer inspired by the beauty of the mountains in autumn directed by Sisters of Charity Sisters Gloria Solomon and Fran Grady. Cost is $235.

"Let Us Celebrate" is a Nov. 1117 retreat for those who like to mingle with spirituality, Eucharist and Thanksgiving directed by Conventual Father John Quigley, Joanne Wheller and Gus Tamborello.

To register, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, N.C. 28751. For information, call (704) 926-3833.

a Sept. 20-22 retreat

for recovering alcoholic

Golf Marathon

is

Donations are needed for the flea market. For information, call Deb Carley, (910) 334-3007.

12.

out the Spirits"

students.

(910) 886-7783.

ASHEVILLE

Through Song

and advance registration

Prayer Group

of Reflection for the Greensboro Vicariate is 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 24 at St. Paul the Apostle Church. Franciscan Father David Hyman will conduct the program.

—

Frank Runyeon stars in "Afraid," a dramatic presentation of the Gospel of Mark, 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at Holy Family Church. For tickets, call Holy Family, (910) 766-8133, Our Lady of Mercy, (910) 722-7001 or St. Leo, (910) 724-

versary Committee of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is collecting pictures,

Spanish Charismatic

Bible Study Monthly Bible study begins in October at Christ the King Church. For information, call the

the church, (704) 254-5193.

History Project

—

CHARLOTTE A city^wide Catholic Youth Group for mentally handicapped students is being formed.

For information, call Anne, (704) 5232774, or Sue, (704) 545-0242.

prizes, including a

sions until January. For reservations, call

HIGH POINT

Youth Program Begins

Lawrence, D.M., hosts Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament daily from 6 a.m. -9 p.m. For information, call the office, (704) 252-6042.

St.

HIGH POINT

Ministry Mission

SIMPSONVILLE,

.

Immaculate

until Oct. 23.

handmade

To attend or for

information, call Brigetta Beck, (910) 774-3273 or (800) 441-2673, ext. 3273,

Group

cation) Bible Sharing on the gospel of

table, plus a

Fall Festival

married couples heal and renew their loving relationships, begins Oct. 1 1 For information, call Lee Montelbano, (800) 470-2230.

Heart of Mary Church GRACE (Growing Religiously in Adult Catholic Edu-

$25 per

item. For details, call (704) 573-1994.

GREENSBORO — The Our Lady

Religious Education or Pastoral Studies.

For information, call Joanna Case, (704)

—

is

CRAMER MOUNTAIN — A golf

tournament to benefit Holy Angels Sept.

23 at Cramer Mountain Country Club.

For information, contact Josh at (704) 825-4161.

istration, call the

Retrouvaille, a program to help

Bible Sharing

—

Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. Registra-

tion

Post-Abortion Counseling

pursuing a Master's degree or a non-

HIGH POINT

John Neumann Craft Bazaar

27410, (910) 668-9259.

credit continuing education certificate in

362-0013.

is

an Oct. 4-6 retreat that examines the its place in everyday life directed by Jesuit Father Al Fritsch.

For information or registraion, contact Jesuit House of Prayer, P.O. Box 7, Hot Springs, NC 28743, (704) 622-7366. is

Pastoral and

Holy Angels Golf Tournament

CHARLOTTE The St. John Neumann Women's Club Craft Bazaar

hall.

5285.

contact your youth group coordinator by

ASHEVILLE

7 p.m. at the council

Herlocker, (704) 544-0345.

Oct.

from 7 p.m.

is

Nov.

new members

For information, call Chuck Malinowski, (704) 544-1927, or Pete Hubbard, (704) 5231

CHARLOTTE — A lock-in for se-

for all

—

Catholic High School 20-year reunion is Oct. 12. For information, call Beth

St.

Knights Degree CHARLOTTE The Knights of Columbus Charlotte Council #770 hosts iam G. Curlin

Class of '76 Reunion CHARLOTTE The Charlotte

Family

information, call (910) 766-8133.

HICKORY

refreshments and dinner. For information, call Darrel Kerr, (704) 282-4925.

women

in-

volved in A. A. "Dreams: A Call to Wholeness" is a Sept. 27-29 retreat focusing on the place and value of dreams in our lives.

"The Bishops' Economic Pastoral

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish newsfor the diocesan news

Good photographs, preferably black and white, also are welcome. Please

briefs.

submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the date of publication.

— September

13,

1

The Catholic News

1996

& Herald

1

World And National News Briefs Texas Diocese Launches Parish-

Based Social Ministry AUSTIN, Texas (CNS)

Effort

— While

church leaders seem to have reached a clear consensus on the social mission of the church, the

message has yet

to get to

those in the pews, priests of the Austin

Diocese were told Aug. 29. The gathering of all priests working in the Austin Diocese, the first of its kind since Bishop John E. McCarthy came to the diocese more than 10 years ago, was used to launch a focus on parish social ministry throughout the diocese. The bishop asked the priests to commit to developing a structured outreach program in their parish, either with a paid staff person or a volunteer group to spearhead it. A parish's social outreach shouldn't be considered something peripheral, however, said John Carr, director of the Department of Social Development and World Peace at the U.S. Catholic Conference, in his keynote talk.

cially in the face

common

his

El

purpose.

Spanish Mission To be Unveiled EL PASO, Texas (CNS) No one

—

much

as

I

adults, said a speaker at the 2£th annual

known

as Generation X.

to recall, Father

It is

Manning

important said, that

"Jesus himself was a young adult speaking in the

main

to other

young

adults."

The Aug. 16-18 convention attracted some 12,000 people to the Anaheim

The

—

cago Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin's launching of a Catholic Common

Ground Project to end polarization among U.S. Catholics has continued to draw varied reaction from church cials.

on

Several bishops

offi-

who commented

diocesan newspapers expressed support and a hope that Cardinal Bernardin could achieve his goal.

Others, expressing concern that a dialogue on issues facing the church could it

in their

become

forum

missed opportunities for dialogue. This

times, as with hydrocephalus,

necessary to drain

it is first

some of the

And

fluid

some

In

newspapers and television shows

partly deliver the child vaginally,

continue to repeat false medical claims

then terminate his or her

to

members of Congress and

no

case

is it

in

indicated.

is

medically necessary to

life

and

before

completing the delivery.

to the

public about partial-birth abortion.

A partial-birth abortion killing of

Medically Dangerous.

the

is

In

an infant who has already

own

health,

and in

been almost completely delivered

"their

vaginally outside of his or her

some

mother's body.

children in the future were in danger"

Congress, the public

women

— but most

— need

to

is

lives, their

cases, their capacity to

have

due to the conditions their unborn children suffered.

know

The

conditions

cited included excessive cerebrospinal

never

fact, partial-birth

abortions can be

dangerous and potentially

an "incompetent cervix," a leading cause of future premature deliveries.

It is

also

an invitation to

infection, a

medically indicated to protect a

major cause of subsequent

mother's health or her future

inability to

swallow leading to an

Reaching into the

this

fertility.

excess of amniotic fluid collecting in

procedure

womb

(polyhydramnios),

which has never been evaluated in

the mother's

mainstream, peer reviewed literature

and genetic abnormalities character-

— can pose

ized

a significant threat to

by an extra chromosome (trisomy).

We, and many other

both her immediate health and future

doctors across

threat-

cervix over several days risks creating

head (hydrocephalus),

On the contrary,

life

ening to women. Forcibly dilating the

fluid in the

feet first

infertility.

womb to pull a child

out of the mother (internal

podalic version) could risk tearing the uterus. Forcing scissors

base of the skull

is

through the

a partially "blind"

procedure, done by

feel, risking direct

and

the United States, regularly treat

scissor injury to the uterus,

women whose unborn children suffer

tion of the cervix or lower uterine seg-

these and other serious conditions.

ment, resulting in immediate and mas-

When he vetoed the Partial-Birth

Never

sive bleeding, threatening

Abortion Ban Act, President Clinton

medically indicated. Rather, such

fertility.

Medically Indicated?

showcased the

who made

stories of five

women

birth abortions because,

he

is

the partial-birth procedure

infants are regularly

the decision to have partial-

ered

live, vaginally,

and

for his initiative Cardinal Bernardin released a statement, "Called to be Catholic," which described current

safely deliv-

with no threat to

the mother's health or

said,

framework

fertility.

Some-

PHACT

Physicians' Ad

among

U.S. Catholics as paralyzing the church's energies and threat-

Jude

cases, a cesarean section

and

divisions

St.

for Prayers Answered

President of the United States, and

that

must be a presupposition for any common ground among Catholics. As a

issue.

Thanks To Sacred Heart and

by while abortion advocates, the

warned

for dissent,

Kurdish

raise the thorny

from the baby's head.

truths of faith are non-negotiable

a

— The

we, as physicians, can no longer stand

that partial-birth abortion

Continues To Draw Reaction WASHINGTON (CNS) Chi-

(CNS)

Ad Hoc Coalition for (PHACT) was formed because

importantly

Initiative

VATICAN CITY

1

Founding Members, PHACT:

Hoc Coalition

for Truth

150 South Washington Street, Suite 230, Alexandra, VA 22314, 003)683-5004

felt

was no more than a call to dialogue would have been too general. But a more specific Vatican statement would have been forced to

that a statement that

Vatican reacted with silence following U.S. military strikes against Iraq in early September. In previous years, Pope John Paul II and his top aides have criticized Western attacks on Iraq, noting the suffering of the civilian population and the

Physicians

Truth

Convention Center.

Common Ground

were also said to have 96 army defectors dur-

soldiers

brutally executed

May we Sav Something?

nities

"The Graying of the Charismatic Re"We need a change of mentality; we need to start looking for young people and finding ways to bring Christ to them," he added. Father Manning, who has been involved in television ministry for the past 25 years, said efforts should particularly focus on those born between 1960 and 1980, the group

try. Iraqi

The Activists have Spoken, the politicians have spoken

—

newal."

twin across

could about his accomplishments and developed features to go along with him," Houser said. "I read as

Charismatic 'Veterans' Must Help Attract Youth, Speaker Says ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) For the charismatic renewal to grow and flourish, the movement's "veterans" must reach out to youths and young Southern California Renewal CommuConvention. "We can't be satisfied with prayer groups of primarily older people," said Divine Word Father Michael Manning in his workshop on

its

Rio Grande, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

"Since there were no pictures of him, I the

targets in the northern part of the coun-

—

Vatican Reacts With Silence To U.S. Military Strikes Against Iraq

Houser had to take a different approach when he began to create a statue of the ing father of El Paso and

at

ing the incursion. Vatican officials

knows what Fray Garcia de San like. So sculptor John

Francisco looked

17th- century Spanish Franciscan, found-

Vatican sources said after the bombings.

The U.S. missile strikes and the extension of a no- fly zone over Iraq came in retaliation for an Iraqi attack on Kurdish

and eyes. "I modeled eye level and put a lot of power into his eyes," he said. The 14foot statue the tallest bronze historical statue in Texas is to be unveiled Sept. 26 at El Paso's Pioneer Plaza.

head

—

Paso Statue Honoring Early

really

He tried to capture it espe-

appearance."

was more complex,

time, the situation

infused the spirit of what he did into his

ening its future. It urged constructive, civil dialogue as a way to restore mutual understanding and a sense of mission and

lacera-

shock or

even death of the mother.

Now you know the facts.

We urge Congress to overturn President Clinton's veto of H.R. 1833.

12

The

Catholic

News

& Herald

September

St. Francis FRANKLIN — A small group composed of Catholic congregation to celebrate

Mass

made up the first During the early 1950s, these

eight people

townsfolk gathered at the home of local residents to assist in the celebration of Mass with Father Lawrence Newman. Father Newman traveled more than 40 miles

from his resident parish, St. John Church in Waynesville, to share the liturgy.

Newman met

with Bishop

Vincent Waters to discuss the building of a church in Franklin. They agreed on the need, and by 1953, the first St. Francis of Assisi Church had been constructed and deemed a mission of St. John Church. The same eight parishioners attended, although the church had a capacity for 108 people. The church community did begin to enlarge at a steady pace, however, and in 1955, St. Francis became a Glenmary parish.

Due to a growing Catholic population in Franklin as well as geographi-

Bishop Michael 1972 adjusted St. Francis parish boundaries to include most of Macon County. As such, it then included Our Lady of the Mountains in Highlands as a mission church. cal considerations,

Begley

in

Back home in Franklin, a larger congregation marked the need for expansion. The parish bought land and a house adjacent to the church property, the latter of which pastoral

team

was

staff,

utilized for the

Francis of Assisi

the

time in terms of

Sat.: 5 p.m.; Sun.: 9, 11 a.m.

(June-Oct.)

on adding onto

in 1976, centered

the existing church, other options arose.

During the summer of 1977, a sizable contribution allowed the congregation to explore the possibility of building a

new

structure.

The next year, land was purchased on Maple

Street,

and plans were under-

way for the creation of a new church fa-

A parish building commission was established, and construction on the new church began in January 1981. It housed its first Eucharistic Liturgy on Christmas Eve of that year. Meanwhile, St. Francis parish had made arrangements with the local Lutheran community, which was searching for a new church as well. The first church was sold to the Lutherans on December 31,1981.

The St. Francis family continued to grow in the following years. At cility.

McCue,

present, Father Richard

pastor,

and Father James Collins, parochial vicar, are happy to report that the parish is in the midst of a large expansion project targeted at improving tional facilities.

The

its

educa-

center will feature

classrooms for CCD and faith formation, a chapel and a pastor's office. The parish also hosts a

monthly luncheon for

of Columbus council noted for its support of schools, especially those for mentally handicapped persons. Father McCue continues his monthly outreach to diocesan seminarians with a letter apprising them of goings-on, and "Sergeant-Major Brown," better known as Brownie the dog, keeps watch over his parish as well. Father McCue also continues to celebrate Mass at the mission church in Highlands, and is a regular celebrant at St. Jude Church in Sapphire

Masses:

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gun

and baby-

Soon parishioners again saw this

period, the parish established a building fund. Although original plans, be-

senior citizens and has an active Knights

during Mass.

need to expand,

worship space. During the assessment

parish meetings,

religious education classes

St.

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Of Assisi Church

in Franklin.

sitting

13,

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May)

Valley, too.

Vicariate:

Smoky Mountain

Number

of parishioners:

910 tain

Number

of

households: 275

Church life is vibrant in the mountown of Franklin. From its early sta-

tus as a small mission to today's ever-

growing congregation,

Pastor:

Rev. Richard

T.

Assisi parish strives to

McCue

tual,

St.

Francis of

meet the

spiri-

educational and social needs of its

community.

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admonish the people of the churches he ministered to and to all who continue to read his letters centuries later. I wonder if St. Paul's epistles would be as compelling if they had been composed on an electronic laptop rather than on papyrus.

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son Lewis' or Great-grandfather Carl's letters would have been as poignant if their writers could have communicated so directly and instantly. Through occasional visits and a pen that wouldn't quit, Greatgrandfather Carl worked out the difficulties of distance with his young bride by taking a job as an inventor and engineer at Ingersol Rand in Easton, Pennsylvania and Great-grandfather Carl and Greatgrandmother Jeanette had a daughter who would one day be my Grandma Jean.

And what of Lieutenant Madison

Lewis? Four months

after arriving in

France, quite taken by the "bang-up good time" he was experiencing, the

was promoted to captain and received the Distinguished Service Cross. The citation reads, "Captain Madison H. Lewis, 302nd Engineers for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville-Savoy, France, on August 18, lieutenant

1918. Under enemy fire, high explosives and gas, Captain Lewis plunged into the

Vesle River to rescue some soldiers who had fallen into the water with full pack while crossing a footbridge and were in danger of drowning. In order to do this he removed his gas mask and as a result

was severely gassed."

The wide-eyed soldier who began a thrilling journey across the Atlantic to fight in

World War

I

started

an inward

journey just months later after experiencing the devastation and human suffering caused by war. How do I know?

It's all in

the letters left behind.